Dear Arpit, There are three channels of admission. Candidates will be admitted to IISER only through these channels.

1. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana ( KVPY ) channel

2. Joint Entrance Examination of Indian Institutes of Technology ( JEE ) channel

3. State and Central Boards Channel ( SCB ) channel

These channels will be referred to as KVPY, JEE and SCB respectively. Indian nationals, and students belonging to PIO or OCI category are eligible to apply provided they satisfy the eligibility criteria described below.

KVPY Channel

Candidates having a valid KVPY fellowship commencing from 2019-20 academic session are eligible to apply for admissions. Additional cut-off criteria may be applicable.

JEE Channel

Candidates in General category securing a rank within 10000 in the Common Rank List (CRL) of JEE Advanced 2019 are eligible to apply. For candidates belonging to reserved category (OBCNC, SC, ST, PD), their category rank should be within 10000.

SCB Channel

Students who have passed (10+2) level with science stream in 2018 or 2019 with marks equal or above the cut-off percentage in their respective boards as given in the table below are eligible to apply.

Students applying through SCB channel will have to appear in the IISER Aptitude Test which will be conducted at various centres across the country.

You are eligible under SCB channel to appear for the Aptitude test.

Hi Arpit,

Yes you are eligible to appear for aptitude test in 2019 but only if you have had marks greater than the cutoff marks in 12th for year 2018. You can check the cutoffs and fill the application form

Goodluck with your future and upcoming exams.